Testing the water: Understanding stakeholder readiness for strategic coastal and marine management

Mason, Claire M.; Lim-Camacho, Lilly; Scheepers, Kelly; Parr, Joanna

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.12.001

Cited by 17 publications

(16 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…between religious groups), and workplace conflict (Tajfel 1982;Hogg and Abrams 1988;Haslam 2000). There has been some use of the social identity approach in ENRM, though this has not been extensive Stoll-Kleemann and Welp 2006;Bryan 2008;Dono et al 2010;Lute and Gore 2014;Unsworth and Fielding 2014;Mason et al 2014;Bliuc et al 2015;Mason et al 2015;Fielding and Hornsey 2016).…”

Section: The Social Identity Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social identity based applied research has provided verification of the usefulness of the approach, and insights into ENRM conflict management. Mason et al (2015) examined a network of coastal management stakeholders, and…”

Section: The Social Identity Approach In Enrmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…in combination with key informants and snowballing to address this risk, an approach adopted by Bryson (2004), Mason et al (2015), and Steinhäußer et al (2015). Additionally, a reliance on the seeking past experiences approach to stakeholder identification means that upon a practitioner leaving an organisation, the organisation will lose not just the skills of the practitioner, but the entire process for stakeholder identification.…”

Section: Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The approach incorporates themes such as: group formation; stigma; stereotyping; conforming to identity norms; consensus-seeking behaviour; intergroup power differences; polarisation and extremism; communication, and; intergroup deliberation (Bliuc et al 2015;Colvin et al 2015b;Crane and Ruebottom 2011;Fielding and Hornsey 2016;Haslam 2000;Hornsey 2008;Mason et al 2015;Rowley and Moldoveanu 2003;Unsworth and Fielding 2014). A central tenet of the social identity approach is the distinction between in-groups and out-groups.…”

Section: Company and Interest Group Representatives) Were Not Intervimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Position-based identification emphasises polarisation and in a conflictual context can cause extremism of views on the issue, particularly through encouraging in-group insularity which can lead to conforming to identity norms, and stereotyping of others around their position-based identity (Colvin et al 2015b;Fielding and Hornsey 2016). Stereotyping places an emphasis on the division between the in-group and outgroup which encourages group members to conform to their position-based identity norms (Bliuc et al 2015;Fielding and Hornsey 2016;Mason 2015). This can see groups deprioritising critical evaluation of a range of perspectives, as they seek consensus for group unity (Colvin et al 2015b), thereby serving to ossify the position-based identity groups into polarised and extreme stances (Haslam 2000).…”

Section: A Vote Seemed Democratic But It Polarised the Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

Colvin¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Conflict between stakeholders about environmental and natural resources management (ENRM) issues is a significant challenge for achieving sustainable outcomes for people and the environment.Although conflict can be a constructive and important part of deliberative processes, ENRM routinely experiences dysfunctional conflict, where people involved focus on their perceived incompatibilities rather than finding solutions for the problem. This form of dysfunctional conflict leads to decision-making stagnation and exacerbation of issues which require timely management.The self-perpetuating nature of conflict means that relationships between people and groups become strained, and the potential for cooperation and compromise is undermined. In ENRM, conflict is addressed, often implicitly, through the practice of stakeholder engagement. Although advancements have been made on stakeholder engagement processes through both research and practice, conflict continues to manifest in ENRM issues.This thesis investigates ENRM conflict through analysing the contribution of ENRM stakeholder engagement practice to the prevalence of dysfunctional conflict. In order to understand the hidden complexities and drivers of conflict, the social identity approach has been applied as a theoretical lens. The social identity approach is a theoretical perspective from social psychology which explains how people become members of groups, and how groups interact. As such it is well suited to a study of ENRM conflict, where the heart of the conflict is how groups of people -stakeholders -interact with each other.First, the thesis outlines the theoretical basis for the interest in ENRM conflict, and makes a case for both why stakeholder engagement processes are a critical aspect of conflict which are worthy of investigation, and why the social identity approach is a useful theoretical lens. Following this, a theory building approach to integration of the literature across disciplines is used to present a way of understanding the human dimension of ENRM conflict, and the argument is made for the use of the social identity approach. As a result, a clear distinction is made between 'stakeholders' and 'the citizenry', where stakeholders are formalised groups with a defined interest, and the citizenry is everyone else. An integrative conceptual model for ENRM conflict is created, and is analysed with the application of the social identity approach.Next, the thesis examines the processes taken by ENRM practitioners to identify stakeholders, thereby filling a recognised gap in the literature. This is undertaken with the use of semi-structured interviews with experienced ENRM practitioners, analysed qualitatively. As a result, a typology of approaches to identification of stakeholders is presented, and the previously proposed distinction iii between stakeholders and the citizenry is shown to be reflective of how practitioners categorise people in the context of ENRM issues.The thesis then investigates a case study of a large-scale wind energy d...

show abstract

Section: The Social Identity Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Social Identity Approach In Enrmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Company and Interest Group Representatives) Were Not Intervimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Vote Seemed Democratic But It Polarised the Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

Colvin¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: An experimental test in the Australian context

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Decision makers use public opinion as an indicator of social acceptance for land use changes. However, public opinion is informed by, inter alia, the media, which tends to “frame” issues of public interest in terms of social conflict rather than the substantive details of the issue. Previous research about the influence of conflict on public opinion about politics has yielded contradictory results about the effect of this “conflict framing.” Some studies have shown that conflict framing polarises public opinion, whereas others have found that it moderates public opinion. Similarly, there is no clear understanding of how conflict framing may affect public opinion about the social acceptance of land use changes. This study presents an experimental survey with a quota sample of the Australian population (n = 1,147) where fictional land use change headlines were manipulated to represent three levels of conflict framing (no conflict; conflict; and conflict between identified parties). The results showed that heightened conflict framing led to the strength of support or opposition for land use changes to become weaker. Importantly, these findings show that perceived social conflict can shape public opinion on land use change. As a consequence, public opinion may not represent genuine social acceptance of land use change in cases where conflict is pronounced in the media. This raises the need for attentiveness to disentangling the influence of conflict framing from the substantive issues of land use change.

show abstract

Partnerships for sustainability governance: a synthesis of key themes

McAllister

Taylor

2015

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Testing the water: Understanding stakeholder readiness for strategic coastal and marine management

Cited by 17 publications

References 24 publications

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: An experimental test in the Australian context

Partnerships for sustainability governance: a synthesis of key themes

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About